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Elbow grease

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Bristolcot90
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Post by Bristolcot90 » Mon May 24, 2021 4:42 pm

Only had the Z for a few days and been slowly cleaning her up dodging this weird and wonderful weather.

Seeing as it was raining today I managed to clean the interior pretty well but noticed the steering wheel, gear knob and hand brake were all a bit sticky feeling. I grabbed this out of the cupboard which I use to de-grease the oven and clean the occasional pan and it worked wondered removing the grease and grime from the steering wheel. Just thought I would share in case anyone else had the same sticky feeling! Unless someone is now going to tell me it’s no good for the leather :|
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Post by Darkangelv2 » Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:00 pm

In fairness, i've seen glowing reports of the 'Magic Sponges' for deep cleaning our leather wheels - i can imagine the chemicals not being dissimilar.

That said, it'd be good to get some leather conditioner on there to protect it now :thumbsup:
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Post by kis » Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:45 pm

Darkangelv2 wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 12:00 pm In fairness, i've seen glowing reports of the 'Magic Sponges' for deep cleaning our leather wheels - i can imagine the chemicals not being dissimilar.

That said, it'd be good to get some leather conditioner on there to protect it now :thumbsup:
I'd say the same, conditioner/restorer to make sure it's protected.

Generally I'd stick to safer leather only products - like those you get for car leather (since the wheel is also leather). You clean with a "cleaning" solution and brush. But yours looks fine, just make sure you follow up with a "conditioner" solution.
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Post by Allan280 » Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:32 pm

The stickiness you refer to on the stealing wheel spokes could be the original rubberised coating braking down.
I used Auto Glym interior cleaner which removed the coating to reveal a semi gloss black finish with no tack.

In the rim use leather cleaner

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Post by buzyg » Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:31 pm

I'm all for keeping things simple Johnson Baby wipes for the dash. They just do everything and don't do any damage. On leather surfaces I run a nourishing leather wipe over, after cleaning first with the baby wipes. :thumbsup:
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